IOM, UNHCR and partners seek $763m to support migrants and refugees in Latin America and the Caribbean
GENEVA/PANAMA CITY – The Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants (R4V), co-led by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appealing for $763 million to support 1.2 million refugees and migrants...
Early donor support tops $1 billion for 2026, but widening funding gaps leave millions at risk
GENEVA – Donor governments today pledged $1.161 billion to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to provide life-saving protection, assistance and solutions in 2026 to millions forced to flee. This is slightly above the amount pledged last year for UNHCR’s operations in...
UNHCR: Nearly 100,000 displaced in recent weeks as violence spreads across northern Mozambique
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR’s Mozambique Representative Xavier Creach – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned as intensifying...
UNHCR’s Grandi concludes visit to Costa Rica, hails its leadership in addressing displacement from Nicaragua
SAN JOSÉ – On an official visit to Costa Rica, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has reiterated UNHCR’s commitment to the protection and integration of forcibly displaced people in the region. The visit, which wrapped up late last week, took place amid...
UNHCR news comment: Deadly attacks in Western Ukraine show no part of country is safe
The following news comment can be attributed to Philippe Leclerc, Regional Refugee Coordinator for the Ukraine Situation and UNHCR’s Regional Director for Europe. GENEVA – Wednesday’s devastating aerial attack on Ternopil, Western Ukraine, demonstrates clearly that no...
The Courage to Welcome: solidarity in a divided world
One People Oration, Westminster Abbey, London, UK By Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Good evening, dear friends, and thank you, Mr. Dean, for this warm introduction. And thank you all for coming. What a privilege to deliver an oration in such a truly...
UNHCR: Millions of refugees face winter hardships with threadbare support
GENEVA – As temperatures start to drop in many regions, millions of refugees and people displaced within their own countries are facing a grueling winter with far less assistance as humanitarian giving plummets, and many will be left with little to protect them from...
UNHCR report reveals extreme weather driving repeated displacement among conflict-affected communities
BELÉM, BRAZIL – Millions of refugees, people forced to flee, and their hosts are trapped in an increasingly vicious cycle of conflict and climate extremes, according to a new report released today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The report warns that climate shocks...